obsessive

One thing that did keep us entertained on the long drive out here was keeping track of RV names (we also did license plates, but that's for another post). We had noticed a couple of years ago that there seemed to be a wide range of often euphemistic names for these highway behemoths; on the drive from Maine to Utah, we made a list.

We recorded 168 distinct RV names:

1. Advantage
2. Adventurer
3. Airstream
4. Alfa
5. Allegro
6. Allegro Bus
7. American Clipper
8. Arctic Fox
9. Atrium
10. Austen
11. Big Foot
12. Big Sky
13. Bighorn
14. Born Free
15. Bounder
16. Brave
17. Cameo
18. Cardinal
19. Carriage
20. Carri-Lite
21. Chalet
22. Challenger
23. Chaparral
24. Chateau
25. Chateau Sport
26. Chinook
27. Coachman
28. Concord
29. Cougar
30. Country Coach
31. Coyote
32. Cruiser
33. Cub
34. Daybreak
35. Designer
36. Discovery
37. Dolphin
38. Dutch Man
39. Dutch Star
40. Eagle
41. Edge
42. Embassy
43. Endeavor
44. Endura
45. Everest
46. Express Superlite
47. Flair
48. Four Winds
49. Freedom Elite
50. Friendship
51. Frost
52. Fun Finder
53. Georgetown
54. Gold
55. Gray Hawk
56. Gray Wolf
57. Hawkeye
58. Hideout
59. Hitchhiker
60. Hitchhiker II
61. Hornet
62. Hurricane
63. Independence
64. Intrepid
65. Itasca
66. Jamboree
67. Jay Feather
68. Jay Flight
69. Jayco
70. Journey DL
71. Kingsley
72. Kiwi
73. Kountry Aire
74. Kountry Star
75. La Palma
76. Lance
77. Land Yacht
78. Laredo
79. Layton
80. Legacy
81. Luxury
82. Lynx
83. Majestic
84. Mallard
85. Matrix
86. Melbourne
87. Microlite by Flagstaff
88. Minne
89. Miranda
90. Montana
91. Mountain Aire
92. Mountaineer
93. Navicon
94. Neptune
95. North Country
96. North Star
97. North Trail
98. Open Range
99. Outlaw
100. Outlook
101. Pace Arrow
102. Palomino
103. Pinnacle
104. Premiere
105. Presidential
106. Pusher
107. Quest
108. Qwest
109. Rambler
110. Raptor
111. Renegade
112. Road Warrior
113. Roam Free
114. Rockwood
115. r-Pod
116. Salem
117. Sand Storm
118. Sandpiper
119. Scotty
120. Searcher
121. Shadow Cruiser
122. Shamrock
123. Shasta
124. Sierra
125. Silverback by Cedar Creek
126. Southwind
127. Spirit of America
128. Sportsman
129. Spree
130. Springdale
131. Sprinter
132. Sprite
133. Stagecoach
134. Star Craft
135. Starwood
136. Summerland
137. Summit
138. Sun Burst
139. Sun Star
140. Sun Valley
141. Sun Voyager
142. Sunseeker
143. Super Nova
144. Survivor
145. Tall Grass
146. Terry
147. Tioga
148. Trail Cruiser
149. Trail Master
150. Trailrunner
151. Tuscany
152. Ultra Work-Play
153. Unihome
154. Valencia
155. Veri-Lite
156. View
157. Vision
158. Vista
159. V-Lite
160. Wildcat
161. Wilderness
162. Wildest
163. Wind Jammer
164. Windsport
165. Xtreme
166. Yellowstone
167. Zanzibar Safari
168. Zinger

We also found that many of them seemed to fall into specific categories:

Animals
Arctic Fox, Big Foot, Big Horn, Cardinal, Cougar, Coyote, Cub, Dolphin, Eagle, Gray Hawk, Gray Wolf, Hawkeye, Hornet, Jay Feather, Lynx, Mallard, Palomino, Raptor, Sandpiper, Wildcat

Place Names
Everest, Georgetown, La Palma, Laredo, Layton, Melbourne, Neptune, North Country, Open Range, Pinnacle, Salem, Sierra, Springdale, Summerland, Summit, Sun Valley, Tioga, Tuscany, Valencia, Wilderness, Yellowstone, Zanzibar Safari

Conceptual
Advantage, Born Free, Brave, Challenger, Discovery, Endeavor, Flair, Friendship, Independence, Intrepid, Freedom Elite, Legacy, Luxury, Majestic, Renegade, Spirit of America, Spree, Survivor, View, Vision, Wildest

Movement
Adventurer, Bounder, Cruiser, Fun Finder, Hitchhiker/II, Jay Flight, Journey, Mountaineer, Pace Arrow, Pusher, Rambler, Roam Free, Searcher, Sprinter, Trail Runner

Nature/Weather
Big Sky, Chaparral, Chinook, Daybreak, Four Winds, Frost, Gold, Hurricane, Mountain Aire, North Star, North Trail, Rockwood, Sand Storm, Shamrock, Starwood, Sun Burst, Sun Star, Sun Seeker, Super Nova, Tall Grass

My favorite: "Road Warrior," of course. (This is how we managed to drive across the country with no radio - by doing this sort of geeky, compulsive thing.)